How bad is the gearbox? There's more than a few of us who just grew used to a little notchiness, just time the shifts better.

 now they tell me she's leaking from the sump.  He actually took me out to the workshop where she was up on the hoist & showed me.
So she's in again next wednesday.  Another $250.00.  She's worth it tho.  Originally he said they'd do their best to catch the oil that's there because it's almost new anyway, but then changed his mind & said they'd put new stuff in without charging me.  
He said the only thing needed was sealant.  Is that right?
I didn't have the courage to say to him that I wanted a more senior mechanic next time tho.

just ran some numbers
and its a decent price,
the sealant is 50$
plus oil, apparently jarrods boss said he has to charge for oil, thus why its 250$  plus labour, not to bad, of course its not hard basic no how could do it yourself and save 150$
but nevermind, at least with toyota your guranteed it will be done right if not the first time they will fix it and make sure its not leaking elsewhere :)

but looks like this will fix your leaks.

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They will be having a different more experienced mechanic work on it. :)

Hmm some mechanics just get frustrated quite easily being that mr2s are difficult to work on

Gatesys SW20
yeah, the mechanic that was on it, 
is very lazy quoted from  other mehcnaics 
and has quite a hatred for mr2s ahah

but all the mechanics hate working on them.

And this is exactly why I don't send my cars to dealerships.

 
You can get good & bad anywhere, whether it is mechanics or builders, or even hairdresssers (hehehe , had to throw that in).  If they don't fix it right the first time, they have to fix it at no charge.  As the customer we can ask for someone more experienced ....... (courage needed for some of us to do that.......... lol) And as a dealership they should have courtesy cars if it is taking longer than expected, other mechanic shops often don't have loan cars.
There was no problem on the initial service they did for me a couple of weeks ago, so I'm comfortable that the more experienced guy will do a better job.

Great to hear that your baby is not leaking anymore.........you are right about getting good and bad everywhere, but I still believe Toyota are honourable. Yes, you will sometimes get young and inexperienced mechanics - but everyone has to start somewhere!!

I expect they know you now and will look after you......and you have an inside contact, hey Ethan?? ;-)

Cheers, M